Air-conditioning system control device and air-conditioning system control method

Abstract

An air-conditioning system controller controls one or plural air-conditioning apparatus installed in a building, and includes a processor that determines an air-conditioning apparatus control command so that a preset evaluation index satisfies a preset condition in a preset control-target period under a preset constraint. The processor divides the control-target period into time sections, determines a room-temperature change permissible range within which a room temperature satisfies the constraint, determines a heat-load change permissible range, based on the room temperature, the room-temperature change permissible range, a heat load estimation, and a heat load to be processed by each air-conditioning apparatus, and determines, for each time section, as the air-conditioning apparatus control command, an operation frequency and start-stop of the air-conditioning apparatus, based on the heat-load change permissible range and an operation efficiency of the air-conditioning apparatus.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. An air-conditioning system control device configured to control one or a plurality of air-conditioning apparatus installed in a building, comprising:
 a processor configured to:
 obtain operation data of the one or plurality of air-conditioning apparatus, 
 obtain a heat load estimation for the building, 
 determine an air-conditioning apparatus control command so that a preset evaluation index satisfies a preset condition in a preset control-target period under a preset constraint, 
 include time sections set therein to divide the control-target period into a plurality of time periods by one or a plurality of preset division intervals, 
 determine a room-temperature change permissible range, a room temperature included in the operation data satisfying the constraint within the room-temperature change permissible range, 
 determine a heat-load change permissible range, which is a permissible range of a change in the heat load to be processed, based on the room temperature included in the operation data, an upper-limit room-temperature set value and a lower-limit room-temperature set value on the room-temperature change permissible range, a building component physical property value indicating a heat-insulating property of the building and a heat-storage property of the building, the heat load estimation, and a heat load to be processed by the one air-conditioning apparatus or a heat load to be processed by each of the plurality of air-conditioning apparatus, 
 determine, for each of the plurality of time sections, as the air-conditioning apparatus control command, an operation frequency and start-stop of the one or plurality of air-conditioning apparatus based on the heat-load change permissible range and an operation efficiency of the one air-conditioning apparatus or an operation efficiency of each of the plurality of air-conditioning apparatus, and 
 control the one or the plurality of air-conditioning apparatus based upon the air-conditioning apparatus control command to maintain the heat-load within the heat-load change permissible range. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The air-conditioning system control device of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to determine an optimum heat load of the one air-conditioning apparatus or an optimum heat load of each of the plurality of air-conditioning apparatus, based on the heat-load change permissible range and an air-conditioning apparatus performance characteristic related to the operation efficiency of the one air-conditioning apparatus or the operation efficiencies of the plurality of air-conditioning apparatus, so that the evaluation index satisfies the preset condition in the control-target period under the constraint. 
     
     
       3. The air-conditioning system control device of  claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to determine an operation frequency and start-stop of the one or plurality of air-conditioning apparatus based on the optimum heat load and the air-conditioning apparatus performance characteristic, the operation frequency and the start-stop being necessary to process the optimum heat load. 
     
     
       4. The air-conditioning system control device of  claim 1 , wherein the constraint includes any one of or a combination of two or more of a first condition that the room temperature is maintained between the upper-limit room-temperature set value and the lower-limit room-temperature set value, a second condition that a rate of temporal change in the room temperature is maintained in a preset rate of temporal change in room temperature, a third condition that a power consumption of the air-conditioning apparatus is maintained within a preset range of power consumption, and a fourth condition that a number of start-stops of the air-conditioning apparatus is maintained up to a predetermined number of times. 
     
     
       5. The air-conditioning system control device of  claim 2 , wherein the evaluation index includes any one of or a combination of two or more of a power consumption of the one air-conditioning apparatus or a power consumption of each of the plurality of air-conditioning apparatus in the control-target period, a running cost of the one air-conditioning apparatus or a running cost of each of the plurality of air-conditioning apparatus in the control-target period, an air-conditioning apparatus efficiency determined from the air-conditioning apparatus performance characteristic, a difference between the room temperature and a set temperature, and a rate of temporal change in the room temperature. 
     
     
       6. The air-conditioning system control device of  claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to determine an operation mode of the one air-conditioning apparatus or an operation mode of each of the plurality of air-conditioning apparatus, based on the optimum heat load. 
     
     
       7. An air-conditioning system control method for controlling one or a plurality of air-conditioning apparatus installed in a building, comprising:
 obtaining operation data of the one or plurality of air-conditioning apparatus, 
 obtaining a heat load estimation for the building, 
 determining an air-conditioning apparatus control command so that a preset evaluation index satisfies a preset condition in a preset control-target period under a preset constraint, and 
 controlling the one or the plurality of air-conditioning apparatus based upon the air-conditioning apparatus control command to maintain the heat-load within the heat-load change permissible range, wherein in the determining the air-conditioning apparatus control command, 
 time sections to divide the control-target period into a plurality of time periods by one or a plurality of preset division intervals are set, 
 a room-temperature change permissible range is determined, a room temperature included in the operation data satisfying the constraint within the room-temperature change permissible range, 
 a heat-load change permissible range that is a permissible range of a change in the heat load to be processed is determined based on the room temperature included in the operation data, an upper-limit room-temperature set value and a lower-limit room-temperature set value on the room-temperature change permissible range, a building component physical property value indicating a heat-insulating property of the building and a heat-storage property of the building, the heat load estimation, and a heat load to be processed by the one air-conditioning apparatus or a heat load to be processed by each of the plurality of air-conditioning apparatus, and 
 for each of the plurality of time sections, as the air-conditioning apparatus control command, an operation frequency and start-stop of the one or plurality of air-conditioning apparatus is determined based on the heat-load change permissible range and an operation efficiency of the one air-conditioning apparatus or operation efficiencies of the plurality of air-conditioning apparatus. 
 
     
     
       8. The air-conditioning system control method of  claim 7 , wherein, in the determining the air-conditioning apparatus control command, an optimum heat load of the one air-conditioning apparatus or optimum heat loads of the plurality of air-conditioning apparatus is determined, based on the heat-load change permissible range and an air-conditioning apparatus performance characteristic related to the operation efficiency of the one air-conditioning apparatus or the operation efficiencies of the plurality of air-conditioning apparatus, so that the evaluation index satisfies the preset condition in the control-target period under the constraint. 
     
     
       9. The air-conditioning system control method of  claim 8 , wherein, in the determining the air-conditioning apparatus control command, an operation frequency and start-stop of the one or plurality of air-conditioning apparatus is determined based on the optimum heat load and the air-conditioning apparatus performance characteristic, the operation frequency and the start-stop being necessary to process the optimum heat load.